The text is a section of the introduction to a book colled race in another América the sgnificance of skin color in brazil what is the main purpose of the text answer um your notebook
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1. The text is a section of the introduction to a book called Race in Another America: the Significance of Skin Color in Brazil. What is the main purpose of the text?
( ) To prove that racial discrimination in Brazil is over.
(X) To compare social policies in Brazil and in the United States.
( ) To present a reason for reconsidering Brazilian race relations.
2. What is the author’s tone toward racial policies in Brazil?( ) Confident.
(X) Concerned.Find a fragment that illustrates his point of view.
READING FOR DETAILED COMPREHENSION "Why would Brazil want such policies? Opponents claim that the Brazilian context is different from the United States and such policies would be of limited effectiveness. But does Brazil have an alternative to U.S.-style race-conscious policies? As the Brazilian state begins to use race explicitly to promote blacks for the first time in its history, what consequences can be expected?"1. Write T (True) or F (False). Then, correct the false statements.
a. (T) New social policies are being implemented in Brazil and they address race issues.
b. (T) Social policies have started to promote racial segregation between blacks and mulattos.
c. (T) the main aim of social policies Brazil is to provide social justice to all citizens.
d. (T) Brazil has moved from racial democracy to white supremacy.
2. Find fragments that express the same ideas as in the statements below. a. Brazilian policymakers are discussing the issue of race as a central topic."A final reason for reexamining Brazilian race relations is to discuss them in the context of the sudden and dramatic changes in Brazilian race thinking. This new phase is reflected mostly in the new acknowledgement of racism and government attempts to redress it.
The issue of race in Brazil has moved to the center of the social-policy agenda.
"b. Affirmative actions seemed not to fit in the Brazilian context."Indeed, the idea of affirmative action or policies specifically designed for blacks and mulattos sounds quit odd and out of place in the Brazilian context. In fact, the whole idea sounded preposterous and highly unlikely just a few years ago."
c. Racial democracy in Brazil still favored whites over blacks"Brazil had been one of the first multiracial states to go beyond race, but it had become apparent that its racial democracy continued to privilege whites at the expense of nonwhites, just as it did during most of its history of white supremacy"
c. To present a reason for reconsidering Brazilian race relations.